By Simon Meeks Barnsley THE Hungarian exchange rate in Barnsley: three for two. Not bad, that. Import targetman Istvan Ferenczi, or 'Stan,' as they call him at Oakwell, scored twice last night to add to his debut goal at Southampton. For good measure, the other guy from the land of goulash, Peter Rajczi, scored the other in last night's priceless win over the would-be drop dodgers from Hull. Three points dug Barnsley out of the bottom three. The bigger deal could be that at last the club have found an Eastern European goal mine. Or two. Barnsley assistant manager Ryan Kidd was well pleased. "I thought the goals were well taken. The two Hungarian lads combined to make the first one. "Sometimes when you bring players from foreign counties you're not sure about their work rate. The first goal typified that they had that. They both put themselves in for challenges and the ball bobbled nicely and 'Stan,' as we call him, put the ball in the back of the net. "Brian Howard put the third one on a tee for Stan as well. "Peter (Rajczi) is a great finisher. He does that in training so we know that if he gets a one- on-one he's going to finish. He's a very good player. "Hopefully they're both going to get stronger. The other lads have got a great rapport with them already. You could see that when they were substituted all the lads gave them an ovation." So did the bench, the directors box and three quarters of the other 12,500 who turned up. Ferenczi showed he is decent in the air at Southampton. He did it on the deck as well last night. Barnsley's opener was pure route one. Centre half Michael Turner could and should have done better; touched it onto the Hungarian who finished low to the bottom right corner. A keeper's nightmare of a shot. It gave Barnsley something to build on but the best they came up with before half-time was a freekick from Martin Devaney at keeper Boaz Myhill. Hull were clocking up the half chances. Before Ferenczi struck Nicky Forster scooted around Paul Heckingbottom and centred just short of Stephen McPhee's run. Trailing 1-0, Danny Coles made decent ground on the right flank and his ball to box was far post where Jon Parkin lurked. The big striker, schooled at Oakwell before being told he wouldn't be good enough, headed centimetres wide. He was hauled off in the second half, to be replaced by Dean Windass, who likewise got nowt. In time added on, Forster might have made more of a Parkin flick to the area. Forster squirmed into space for a shot but from eight yards knocked in an easy catch for keeper Nick Colgan. More worrying for Hull was that in 30 minutes they had made two changes to the team. Off hobbled defender Andy Dawson in the 21st minute. Stephen McPhee followed 10 minutes later, straight down the tunnel for treatment. Barnsley battered their brittle visitors into submission in the first minute of the second half. It was direct stuff again. Long ball, defensive mistake, Rajczi steamed in this time with a ground skimming shot. David Livermore was the guilty defender this time around. Barnsley No 1 Colgan had not returned for the second half and stand-in David Lucas would have liked two better touches to a couple of high balls into the box. Devaney even headed a Livermore freekick off the line. But Barnsley were into their stride and put together the best move of the game as Bobby Hassell crossed from right to left, Ferenczi chested down for a Grant McCann shot which flew just wide. Rajczi had another half chance foiled by keeper Myhill when he got on the end of a 30 yard pass from McCann and Ferenczi had a penalty refusal by ref Andy D'Urso as he took a shove from Livermore in the chase for a Devaney centre. Finally Barnsley were home and dry in the 75th minute. Howard's assist was a dream centre from the left. Ferenczi did the rest with a head down into the corner from six yards. It was a game Barnsley, now fifth from bottom, could not afford to lose, a tonic after the 5-2 hammering at Southampton. Hull replaced Barnsley in the relegation slot alongside Southend and Leeds. Hull and Leeds have games in hand. "Hull City had something like a nine day break before the game, we came into it on the back of a long trip to Southampton," Oakwell No 2 Kidd reflected. "I was hopeful we'd get a really good result against Hull and they delivered." Manager's view Barnsley assistant manager Ryan Kidd,: "It was a great win because there was lots of pressure coming into the game. "The Hungarian lads put the ball in the net but I thought the work rate from the goalkeeper all the way through tonight was absolutely outstanding for the full 90 minutes. We've done it before in spells in games at home, like against QPR when we had a 40 minute spell. Tonight we were at it for the full 90 and I think we got our just rewards. "We can see that every week league positions change, other teams have pulled off victories tonight. We need to continue that work ethic, if we do that that should see us through." Hull manager Phil Brown: "It was poor to say the least - not acceptable. I cannot put my finger on it yet but I'll be studying the video long and hard. "To say that was out of character was an understatement. We went a goal down to a comedy of errors and the second goal killed us completely. "I've told the players that (it was the worst performance of Brown's tenure) and was a far cry from what we are used to. "It looked like Barnsley did want it more. We've no divine right to play our way out of it - or fight our way out of it. We just need to put those two things together. "The next 24 to 48 hours are important and maybe how we pick ourselves up from that before Saturday (at home to Birmingham) will be our defining moment."
ok, but i thought they all called him steve if not then why do i call him steve, well, and everyone else for that matter.
